Crime

Man sentenced to seven years for felony DUI

A Gulfport man has been sentenced to several years in prison after pleading guilty to his seventh DUI. John Langston, 50, has been sentenced to seven years to serve without parole for felony driving under the influence on August 16th,…

Attempted to pass counterfeit bill

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to identify subject(s) who allegedly attempted to pass a counterfeit $100 dollar bill in the 1900 block of Pass Road. The white male and white female subjects attempted to pass…

Arrested for molestation and sexual battery

On August 9th, 2019 the Long Beach Police Department arrested 36-year-old Jeremy Michael Schmidt of Long Beach and charged him with two counts of molestation and one count of sexual battery. Justice Court Judge Melvin Ray set Schmidt’s total bond…

Arrested for aggravated assault charge

A Long Beach man is behind bars for aggravated assault. The Biloxi Police Department arrested 23-year-old Brandon La Roy Welch of Long Beach. Welch was the suspect to an investigation involving aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The arrest stemmed…

Charged with assault on police officer

A man is facing charges for assaulting a police officer who was responding to a domestic-related incident yesterday. Biloxi police say 23-year-old Elijah Smith has been charged with simple assault on an officer. Smith reportedly attempted to flee the scene…

Man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to life

Thirty-nine year-old Nicky Johns has pleaded guilty to murder after shooting and killing a man outside the Travel Lodge Hotel in September 2017. When Ocean Springs police arrived on scene, they found the victim, Christopher Rochelle of Columbia, Tennessee, in…

Man arrested for drive-by shooting in Bay St. Louis

A Bay St. Louis man is now behind bars following a drive-by shooting that happened last night. Police say they responded to a report of shots fired from a vehicle near Keller Street. Twenty-four year-old Dquan Lewis was later arrested…

Two dead in shooting at Southaven Walmart

Officials say two people are dead and a police officer and a suspect were shot at a Walmart in Southaven, Mississippi. Both of the people who died this morning were Walmart employees. One person was found dead in the store…

Accused rapist arrested, identified as illegal alien

The U.S. Marshal’s Service (USMS) and U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) arrested an undocumented accused rapist July 18, who had previously come to the United States on Temporary Protective Status. Andres Fuentes-Castro, an El Salvadoran citizen, was encountered by U.S. Border…

Wanted Fugitive Arrested

.                                                                                         On Saturday July 27, 2019, the Gulfport Police Department arrested Wanted Fugitive, Tekoney Oronte Treyvon Blackledge of Katy Texas, in the 3100 block of 8th Avenue Gulfport. Blackledge was identified as a suspect in the killing of a…

Arrested for burglary of a vehicle

The Biloxi Police Department, with the assistance of D’Iberville PD, arrested 52-year-old Frank Charles Leone of Biloxi for burglary of a vehicle. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where victims’ wallets were stolen from a vehicle on the morning of…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to felony fleeing

After leading police on a high speed chase back in October 2016, 24-year-old Carl Daniel Young Jr. of Mobile pleaded guilty just before his trial was set to begin this week. Officials say the chase began in Jackson County and…

Wanted in connection to burglary of a vehicle

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in identifying a subject involved in a burglary of a vehicle in the 100 block of Beach Boulevard. On July 19th, 2019, between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. A…

Escaped inmate captured in Perry County

The search has ended for a South Mississippi inmate who escaped from a work detail. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, 39-year-old Corey Lee Alred was captured this afternoon near Wendell Road in Perry County. Alred was serving a…

Arrested for warrant for felony malicious mischief

Biloxi Police arrested 33-year-old William Criss Taggart of Vancleave for a warrant issued for felony malicious mischief. The arrest stemmed from an investigation in which Taggart was found to have intentionally caused damage to his hotel room and an adjoining…

Gautier Police identify suspect in gas station shooting

Gautier Police are looking for Jamyrian Wayne Quinn, 23, in connection with the shooting death of Courtney Todd of Moss Point. The shooting occurred last night, July 15th at the Pure Gas Station at 2218 Ladnier Road. Todd, 38, was…

Man shot to death at ‘Pure’ Gas Station in Gautier

Gautier police need help finding a suspect involved in a shooting death at ‘Pure’ gas station on Ladnier Road. Authorities say they found the victim, identified as 38-year-old Courtney Todd of Moss Point, suffering from gunshot wounds. He later died…

Auditors Arrest Harrison County Assistant Tax Collector

Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Harrison County Assistant Tax Collector Denise Gill after she was indicted on four counts of submitting false statements to defraud the government by a grand jury assembled…

Arrested for felony shoplifting

A Biloxi woman is behind bars, charged with felony shoplifting. Biloxi police arrested 22-year-old Essence Nellie Mae Williams after a shoplifting complaint at the Edgewater Mall on Beach Boulevard. Police say Williams went into the business and stole items worth…